WI AB 597

enacted

Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 597 pass?

Yes. WI AB 597 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-02. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): Published 4-3-2026

What is WI AB 597 about?

WI AB 597 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: a state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 597?

Mursau, Wichgers, Tucker and 18 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 597.

Introduced: 2025-10-27
Latest action: 2026-04-02 — Published 4-3-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-10-27
Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Moses, Hurd, Summerfield, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros, Tucker, Wichgers and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, James, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tomczyk
introduction
2025-10-27
Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-29
Public hearing held
2025-10-29
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
2025-11-07
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-11-11
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Franklin
amendment-introduction
2025-11-12
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Tenorio, McCarville and Brown
amendment-introduction
2025-11-13
Executive action taken
2025-11-13
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-13
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-13
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-13
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-19
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors
2025-11-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-19
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-11-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-19
Rules suspended
2025-11-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2025-11-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-20
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-11-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-13
Public hearing held
2026-01-22
Executive action taken
2026-01-22
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Available for scheduling
2026-02-09
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-11
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-11
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-11
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-11
Read a third time and concurred in
passage,reading-3
2026-02-11
Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
2026-02-11
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-12
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-02-13
Report correctly enrolled on 2-12-2026
enrolled
2026-04-01
Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026
executive-receipt
2026-04-02
Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 154
executive-signature
2026-04-02
Published 4-3-2026
became-law

Versions

Assembly Amendment 1Compare
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Documents

Votes

Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
2025-11-13 · pass · 12-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0
2025-11-13 · pass · 12-0
PASSAGE
2025-11-19 · pass · 98-0
Member-level votes (98)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: yes
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: yes
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: yes
- CRUZ: yes
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: yes
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: yes
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: yes
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: yes
- SHEEHAN: yes
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: yes
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: yes
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TENORIO: yes
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2026-01-22 · pass · 5-0

Related bills

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab597

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